THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, September 21, 1858. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
Day 
Day 
of 
Week. 
Weather near London in 1857. 
of 
Mth 
SEPTEMBER 21—27, 1858. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R.andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Year. 
21 
Tu 
St. Matthew. 
30.260—30.197 
72-43 
N.E. 
_ 
46 af 5 
59 af 5 
29 af 3 
14 
15 
6 56 
264 
22 
W 
Browallia elata. 
30.191—30.159 
68-47 
N.E. 
— 
47 5 
58 5 
46 4 
7 17 
265 
23 
Tii 
Browallia speciosa. 
30.088—29.958 
74—42 
E. 
.01 
49 5 
56 5 
rises 
© 
7 38 
266 
24 
F 
Brugmansias. 
29.852—29.778 
73—51 
S.W. 
.12 
51 5 
54 5 
4 6 
17 
7 59 
267 
25 
S 
Brunsvigia toxic aria. 
29.860—29.775 
72—45 
S. 
.14 
52 5 
51 5 
19 6 
18 
8 19 
268 
26 
Sun 
17 Sunday after Trinity. 
29.931—29.836 
69—48 
S.W. 
— 
54 5 
49 5 
42 6 
19 
8 40 
269 
27 
M 
Cacalia articulata. 
29.925—29.824 
71—50 
S.W. 
.12 
55 5 
47 5 
11 7 
20 
9 0 
270 
Meteorology of the Week.—A t Chiswick, from observations during 
the last thirty-one years 
the average lushest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 65.9° and 45.3°, respectively. The greatest heat, 82°, occurred on the 25th, in 1832 : and the lowest cold, 
26°, on the 26th, in 1855. During the period 110 days were fine, and on 707 rain fell. 
GARDENING OPERATIONS EOR THE WEEK. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Artichokes. —When the heads have been gathered, 
cut down the remaining part of the stems, to encou¬ 
rage the growth of shoots from the bottom, before 
winter. 
Cabbage.— Continue to plant out, as advised last 
week. . 
Capsicum.— The large green pods to be exposed to 
the ripening influence of the sun, and to be gathered 
when there is any apprehension of frost. 
Cardoons. —When the plant is two or three feet 
High, tie the leaves loosely together with hay or straw 
bands ; then dig and break the ground, and earth- 
up round it a foot or more high, or two-thirds of the 
stem, to receive a final earthing next month. It is a 
vegetable in great repute on the Continent, where it 
is used for stewing, and for soups and salads, in autumn 
and winter. 
Carrots.— Thin, the autumn-sowing cautiously, and 
keep them free from weeds. If the main crops are 
[ attacked by grubs, the sooner they are taken up, when 
full grown, the better. 
Lettuce. —If they are wanted for winter use, plant 
some of the Cabbage kinds, in frames, in light soil, 
being careful that the drips from the lights do not fall 
upon them. Some of the Cos kinds to be pricked out 
on a sheltered border, before they are finally planted, 
to remain through the winter. 
Onions. —Thin the autumn sowing where they are 
too thick, and plant the thinnings on a warm border. 
Pull up the main summer crops when they have done 
growing, and house them when dry. 
Parsley. —A portion of the spring sowing to be 
cut down, when a more tender and useful crop will 
spring up again before winter. 
Turnips.— Attention to be given to the thinning 
and hoeing of the earlier sowings. The tops of such 
as are too late for bulbing will be useful in the spring. 
ERUIT GARDEN. 
Apples and Pears. —Carefully look over all that 
have been gathered within the last fortnight, and 
remove all that are bruised or injured, and have be¬ 
gun to decay, before they infect the others. 
Filberts. —To be gathered when ripe, and packed 
firmly in small or micldle-sized stone jars, when the 
kernels will keep plump and sweet till the spring. 
Fruit-tree Borders. —Remove rubbish of all sorts 
from them. No obstacles should be allowed to pre¬ 
vent the roots participating in the advantages accruing 
from favourable weather. Where it is intended to 
plant this season, the ground to be prepared at the 
earliest convenience, and thoroughly exposed to the 
action of the weather, so as to have it in a mellow 
state when wanted for use. 
Peach Trees. —Go over, and remove the shoots that 
had borne fruit, but have no terminal wood shoot. I 
Those remaining will be benefited by the removal, as 
they cannot be too open at this season. 
Strawberry Beds. — Clear from weeds, and cut 
away all the runner strings, keeping the plants sepa¬ 
rate, so as to ripen well. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Bedding Plants. — Lose no time in getting the 
stock for another season potted. Collect the leaves as 
they fall; they will be useful if a little bottom heat 
should be wanted to excite into action the roots of 
late-struck cuttings, or of any favourite plants taken 
up out of the open ground. 
Bulbs. — See that these, and the spring-flowering 
plants, are in good condition for turning into the beds, 
when the summer and autumn-flowering plants are 
over. 
China Roses. — Cuttings, that are rooted, to be 
planted out in the reserve ground, or potted off*. 
Choice Plants, that have been bedded out, and are 
worthy of preservation, should be taken up, and re¬ 
potted ; only the straggling and ill-placed shoots re¬ 
moved ; to be shaded, and kept close, until they have 
made fresh roots. If their removal is postponed 
until they are touched by the frost, the extra trouble 
and uncertainty of saving them should induce early 
attention to their preservation. 
Dahlias. — Thin the weak shoots; tie up the 
branches, and shade the best flowers. 
William Keane, 
FLOWER SHOW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 
September 8 and 9. 
(Continued from 'page 375.) 
Collections of Verbenas, Achimenes, Gloxinias, 
cut flowers, and scores of odds and ends, were passed, 
with a few pickings,—such as Brilliant Verbena, a 
pot plant, deep scarlet, and a purple shade round a 
very small eye ; a good JDisa grandiftora, from Mr. 
Gedney, with three large blooms,'—the most difficult 
plant in the world to manage ; Fine-apple Thistle, the 
queerest sport yet seen,—first three or four joints and 
leaves on a little stem, then a flower converted to the 
size of a Hazel-nut, but quite succulent, and out of 
this a few Thistle leaves, just like the crown of a 
Pine-apple. There was a collection of illustrated 
Begonias, from Mr. Fletcher ; a fine Dichorisandra 
ovalifolia, with larger leaves and better flowers than 
those of thyrsiftora, —purplish-blue flowers : it was 
from this neighbourhood,—from Mr. Lewis, gardener 
to J. Guy, Esq., Hampton Wick, who also opened the 
ball with the largest and best-grown Scarlet Ge¬ 
raniums ; but they were not judged when I passed. 
The kinds were— Magnum Bonum, the best for beds 
at Hampton Court,—it was four feet across ; Cerise 
Unique; Duke of Cornwall, which is the third form 
that the Emperor, or Shrubland Scarlet, takes from 
No. 521. Vol. XX. 
